Population in Sri Lanka compared to Thailand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sri Lanka and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Thailand	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	9,661,389	26,851,747	-	-
1961	9,899,372	27,650,334	2.46%	2.97%
1962	10,143,754	28,481,040	2.47%	3%
1963	10,395,040	29,342,322	2.48%	3.02%
1964	10,653,397	30,232,141	2.49%	3.03%
1965	10,916,965	31,149,337	2.47%	3.03%
1966	11,183,928	32,086,071	2.45%	3.01%
1967	11,457,328	33,037,801	2.44%	2.97%
1968	11,736,088	34,002,560	2.43%	2.92%
1969	12,013,858	34,973,782	2.37%	2.86%
1970	12,287,110	35,954,408	2.27%	2.8%
1971	12,551,910	36,937,387	2.16%	2.73%
1972	12,809,205	37,933,929	2.05%	2.7%
1973	13,060,916	38,947,787	1.97%	2.67%
1974	13,305,693	39,952,891	1.87%	2.58%
1975	13,548,984	40,940,005	1.83%	2.47%
1976	13,796,770	41,896,504	1.83%	2.34%
1977	14,049,371	42,843,974	1.83%	2.26%
1978	14,310,128	43,788,976	1.86%	2.21%
1979	14,579,614	44,718,434	1.88%	2.12%
1980	14,847,974	45,650,022	1.84%	2.08%
1981	15,099,414	46,575,855	1.69%	2.03%
1982	15,286,567	47,494,577	1.24%	1.97%
1983	15,388,794	48,423,309	0.67%	1.96%
1984	15,441,860	49,351,708	0.34%	1.92%
1985	15,544,154	50,270,753	0.66%	1.86%
1986	15,731,256	51,177,834	1.2%	1.8%
1987	15,916,576	52,074,105	1.18%	1.75%
1988	16,078,621	52,969,595	1.02%	1.72%
1989	16,248,557	53,848,956	1.06%	1.66%
1990	16,352,458	54,738,329	0.64%	1.65%
1991	16,475,354	55,637,434	0.75%	1.64%
1992	16,739,284	56,528,834	1.6%	1.6%
1993	17,025,918	57,408,198	1.71%	1.56%
1994	17,275,773	58,260,854	1.47%	1.49%
1995	17,564,068	59,098,232	1.67%	1.44%
1996	17,905,018	59,920,064	1.94%	1.39%
1997	18,248,200	60,724,584	1.92%	1.34%
1998	18,596,003	61,522,630	1.91%	1.31%
1999	18,944,731	62,299,043	1.88%	1.26%
2000	19,293,054	63,007,815	1.84%	1.14%
2001	19,600,362	63,651,141	1.59%	1.02%
2002	19,805,752	64,266,437	1.05%	0.97%
2003	19,951,521	64,868,166	0.74%	0.94%
2004	20,087,605	65,452,047	0.68%	0.9%
2005	20,216,524	66,017,420	0.64%	0.86%
2006	20,352,411	66,567,687	0.67%	0.83%
2007	20,492,545	67,102,394	0.69%	0.8%
2008	20,629,378	67,619,830	0.67%	0.77%
2009	20,756,435	68,121,080	0.62%	0.74%
2010	20,879,089	68,579,447	0.59%	0.67%
2011	21,009,048	69,007,208	0.62%	0.62%
2012	21,169,458	69,436,098	0.76%	0.62%
2013	20,585,000	69,845,114	-2.76%	0.59%
2014	20,778,000	70,216,367	0.94%	0.53%
2015	20,970,000	70,540,795	0.92%	0.46%
2016	21,209,000	70,859,841	1.14%	0.45%
2017	21,453,000	71,160,187	1.15%	0.42%
2018	21,670,000	71,376,079	1.01%	0.3%
2019	21,803,000	71,522,271	0.61%	0.2%
2020	21,919,000	71,641,484	0.53%	0.17%
2021	22,156,000	71,727,332	1.08%	0.12%
2022	22,181,000	71,735,329	0.11%	0.01%
2023	22,037,000	71,702,435	-0.65%	-0.05%
2024	21,916,000	71,668,011	-0.55%	-0.05%
2025	22,035,440	71,619,867	0.54%	-0.07%
2026	22,148,172	71,559,621	0.51%	-0.08%
2027	22,255,601	71,488,156	0.49%	-0.1%
2028	22,357,682	71,406,996	0.46%	-0.11%
2029	22,453,922	71,316,195	0.43%	-0.13%
2030	22,546,245	71,215,017	0.41%	-0.14%
2031	22,635,106	71,104,025	0.39%	-0.16%
2032	22,720,118	70,982,286	0.38%	-0.17%
2033	22,802,043	70,847,947	0.36%	-0.19%
2034	22,879,527	70,701,651	0.34%	-0.21%
2035	22,952,739	70,540,884	0.32%	-0.23%
2036	23,022,027	70,366,496	0.3%	-0.25%
2037	23,088,877	70,180,031	0.29%	-0.26%
2038	23,152,480	69,979,034	0.28%	-0.29%
2039	23,211,633	69,763,928	0.26%	-0.31%
2040	23,265,986	69,535,003	0.23%	-0.33%
2041	23,315,260	69,288,477	0.21%	-0.35%
2042	23,359,578	69,025,348	0.19%	-0.38%
2043	23,398,752	68,748,075	0.17%	-0.4%
2044	23,433,096	68,456,533	0.15%	-0.42%
2045	23,464,943	68,150,148	0.14%	-0.45%
2046	23,492,738	67,827,309	0.12%	-0.47%
2047	23,512,629	67,489,358	0.08%	-0.5%
2048	23,525,953	67,136,737	0.06%	-0.52%
2049	23,533,940	66,767,316	0.03%	-0.55%
2050	23,538,230	66,382,732	0.02%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sri Lanka's population will grow by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people with a rank change from 63rd to 70th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.